My favourite athlete is Pandelela Rinong.
She is famous Malaysian diver.
Pandelela was born in (Kampung) Kupuo
Jugan, a Bidayuh village in Bau, Sarawak. She is of Bidayuh ethnicity.
At the age of seven she was selected as a state diver and continued her training at the Bukit Jalil Sports School.
Pandelela made her Olympic debut at
the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a 15-year-old.
She finished 27th in the 10 m platform.
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, she finished fifth in the 10 m platform.
She went on to win the bronze medal in
the 10 m synchronized platform with Leong Mun Yee where it was also the first-ever
diving medal for Malaysia at the World Championships
She became the first Malaysian female athlete to win an Olympics medal, and the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympics medal in a sport besides badminton by winning a bronze medal in the 10 m platform at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
